By WP GE2006 Candidate and ex NSP Sec Gen Goh Meng Seng: In all fairness, I think AHPeTC has mismanaged the whole trade fair issue. It should not have rented out the common space for a prolonged period for trade fairs or continuous trade fairs. It has become insensitive and inconsiderate to the shop owners in the vicinity. Whether or not PAP took the opportunity to politicize the issue, AHPeTC has made a terrible mistake in doing so. When you try to do something that will break the rice bowls of others, be prepared for uprising and repercussions. A balance of interests must be weighed carefully before AHPeTC went into the madness of trying to make more money for the TC. AHPeTC has stated a couple of reasons on why it has chose to go to court over this Trade Fair saga. One of them is Public Interests. I guess Public Interests should also include the interests of those shop owners affected. The second most important reason is revenue lost for AHPeTC. Apparently that is the more important reason for AHPeTC. But if the court is to rule in favour of AHPeTC, would it mean that AHPeTC will have a free hand to do exactly what it did before this... rented out the common space for almost uninterrupted trade fairs within the vicinity under its charge? Will that be a REASONABLE thing to do? The key issue here, is not Public Interests but rather, the balancing of interests from various stakeholders. Apparently, AHPeTC has lost the balance and in the end, created a mess out of it. https://facebook/gohmengseng.freedom/posts/10204653508670817?fref=nf&pnref=story
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:10:08 +0000
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